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formalista

Spanish, noun/foɾmaˈlista/

formalista is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “formalist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does formalista mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineformalist

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineformalist

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que se refiere al formalismo. 2. Dícese de la persona que posee unas normas de conductas típicas, en el sentido de que es fácilmente previsible su comportamiento frente a temas de vida cotidiana.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of formalista

  • formalistas feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce formalista?

  • /foɾmaˈlista/
  • [foɾ.maˈlis.t̪a]
  • [foɾmaˈlist̪a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to formalista

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is formalista in Spanish?

formalista appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).